As a firefighter, I respond to a lot of brush fires. Sometimes they are very smokey. Will this mask filter the smoke from these kinds of fires?
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Don't know. I use to filter diesel exhaust from vehicles. It has worked for this purpose well. Unsure how long the thin carbon filter would last during smoke saturation. On other hand, this mask is compact and allows user to fit to face quickly and exit a pollluted area to a clear area. I would recommend as an emergency and short duration mask, to exit area to safety or to fetch a professional mask. After testing, you may find it works as well as professional fireman's mask.I have used this mask extensively around diesel exhaust without a problem.My alternative mask was to use a professional paint sprayer mask, with which I had decades of use in my business. Don't know. I use to filter diesel exhaust from vehicles. It has worked for this purpose well. Unsure how long the thin carbon filter would last during smoke saturation. On other hand, this mask is compact and allows user to fit to face quickly and exit a pollluted area to a clear area. I would recommend as an emergency and short duration mask, to exit area to safety or to fetch a professional mask. After testing, you may find it works as well as professional fireman's mask.I have used this mask extensively around diesel exhaust without a problem.My alternative mask was to use a... » Read More Don't know. I use to filter diesel exhaust from vehicles. It has worked for this purpose well. Unsure how long the thin carbon filter would last during smoke saturation. On other hand, this mask is compact and allows user to fit to face quickly and exit a pollluted area to a clear area. I would recommend as an emergency and short duration mask, to exit area to safety or to fetch a professional mask. After testing, you may find it works as well as professional fireman's mask.I have used this mask extensively around diesel exhaust without a problem.My alternative mask was to use a professional paint sprayer mask, with which I had decades of use in my business. « Show Less
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I doubt it. It is just a thin carbon filter. Plus the mask doesn't conform tightly. I have a gap under my chin. It is ok for dust, but I wouldn't trust it for anything else. For health reasons alone, I'd go with a more serious mask.
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No my friend, it won't. If you are a firefighter then i don't recommend you this mask because it won't protect you at all. I have used this mask for painting work and some smell came in.
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I don't know about fires. I use mine in Kabul. During the winter they burn so much trash in the air that you can see it in the air and a black film develops on the walls inside buildings. This mask has been effective for me.
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Even though this mask would filter it; the problem is that smoke will most likely seep around the outside edges and defeat it's purpose.
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As a firefighter, it may be worth your dollar to look into the Respro FB-1. No one here on Amazon seems to carry it right now, but you can buy direct from Respro.
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I live in Texas and I bought this mask with the pink filters to filter out pollen, clouds of dust thrown up during mowing and poisons I spray. It works great on all of that. I love the comfortable mask and replace the filters over and over. It works for me.
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it depends on which type of filter you get for the mask. There are different grades of filters that are intended for different purposes, depending on what type of work you are doing. There are filters you can buy that will filter out gases and lead particulate.
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It'll scrub the air including cigarette smoke; the charcoal filter eliminates odor and ionizer freshens air. So yes this unit will help with cigarette smoke. However any smoke gets embedded into furniture uphostery; etc; is another story.
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It's not extremely dusty here, but I would imagine that it will - it sucks in quite a bit of air. You would need to clean the filter a LOT more often.
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According to the Mayo Clinic, most air filters will not help with cigarette smoke because the biggest problem with cigarette smoke is the guess that's emitted, not the particles. Purepal AG800 or the Purepal AG950 are two filters that are designed to deal with cigarette smoke gas and Amazon sells them. For more info, Google search this phrase using the quotes... "Air filter cigarette smoke gas". Hope this helps.
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If the answers here are correct, then the description is misleading by saying it traps the smoke. Now I'm wondering if there's a point in keeping it.
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Ok, I will answer this question based on experience. It does block odors. I wear this mask in a location that burns their trash in a pit. The fire is some times accelerated with diesel fuel. To say it smells toxic is a huge understatement. This mask will block the smell. It is actually amazing. I wear the mask at the location I work and it is amazing what I can't smell. Anyways, this mask will block odors that are particulate odors such as an open burn pit.
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These are particulate filters...they would screen out some of the fine particles, but none of the toxic gases. Plus, you will find a social cost associated with wearing (the mask that mounts) these filters to work. I wear my mask with these filters for when I mow/mulch the yard...they do a good job of keeping yard dust out of my lungs.
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I have sensitivities to chemical odors and they do not work for me. These are mostly for filtering submicron particles such as dust and pollen. If you want to filter chemical odors you need something with charcoal in it. I use "Air-Aid" Emergency masks. They are lightweight and have charcoal embedded in the fibers. They are use by police and fire departments and have been tested against chemical and biological weapons. Since I am very chemically sensitive I layer 2 masks on top of each other, but they work for me. Hope this helps.
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They do fit this mask. I would recommend, however, the normal p100 filter for particulates and the 6001 organic vapor cartridge for fumes. I can literally stain, strip, paint, or use any other number of vapor causing liquids and not smell them AT ALL. Additionally the p100 particulate filter does an amazing job of blocking dust and particulates. Get the specific filter for the job. I wouldn't want a multi purpose filter. Much like the old Jeeepster - it was supposed to be a Jeep and a truck, instead it wasn't really very good at being either of them.
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I did not have a problem with my smoke detectors, but I cannot speak for all types of detectors in all spaces. It probably wouldn't hurt to disable them if there is any concern. These are the best fumigators I've ever used, and I cannot find them locally. I've bought these on a number of occasions!
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I would imagine that it should help to clean some of the particulates from the fire from the air, if used in that area. I use mine on my work desk, but I still seem to accumulate some dust around that area.
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It's only a dust mask, to protect against dust. You need a respirator, the kind with the carbon canisters attached.
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It says it blocks 23% of second-hand smoke and TVOC (whatever that is). I'm sure you could contact them through their website too with the question.
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Not sure about cigarette smoke. But does neutralize smoke from a fireplace.
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Yes I do believe it's air permeable and it's weave would filter those hot embers but it may require a good deal of servicing depending on the volume passing though it or the size of the filter you intend to design.